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Anterior tibial artery
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| Artery: Anterior tibial artery | |
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| Back of left lower extremity, showing surface markings for bones, vessels, and nerves. (Anterior tibial artery labeled at bottom left.) | |
| Latin | arteria tibialis anterior |
| Gray's | subject #160 634 |
| Supplies | anterior compartment of the leg |
| Source | popliteal artery |
| Branches | post. tibial recurrent fibular ant. tibial recurrent musc. branches ant. medial malleolar ant. lateral malleolar dorsalis pedis |
| Vein | anterior tibial vein |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12156393 |
The anterior tibial artery of the lower limb carries blood to the anterior compartment of the leg and dorsal surface of the foot, from the popliteal artery.
It is accompanied by a deep vein, the anterior tibial vein, along its course.
It crosses the anterior aspect of the ankle joint, at which point it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery.
The branches of the anterior tibial artery are:
- post. tibial recurrent artery
- fibular artery
- ant. tibial recurrent artery
- muscular branches
- anterior medial malleolar artery
- anterior lateral malleolar artery
- dorsalis pedis artery
- Circumflex fibular artery
 Right knee-joint. Posterior view. |
 Cross-section through middle of leg. |
 Anterior tibial artery and the muscles and bones of the leg - anterior view of right leg. |
- Gray's s157 - The Arteries of the Lower Extremity
- Gray's s95 - Ankle joint
- SUNY Figs 12:04-15 - "Arteries of the lower extremity shown in association with major landmarks."
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| EI: Femoral | superficial epigastric - superficial iliac circumflex - external pudendal (superficial, deep/anterior scrotal arteries) - profunda femoris (lateral circumflex femoral, medial circumflex femoral, perforating) - descending genicular |
| Popliteal | anterior tibial - sural genicular: superior genicular (medial, lateral) - middle genicular - inferior genicular (medial, lateral) |
| Anterior tibial | dorsalis pedis: tarsal (lateral - medial) - arcuate - dorsal metatarsal/first dorsal metatarsal - deep plantar
tibial recurrent (posterior, anterior) anterior malleolar (medial, lateral) |
| Posterior tibial | circumflex fibular - fibular medial plantar - lateral plantar (plantar arch, plantar metatarsal) |
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